Indigo Ointment Benefits Psoriasis Patients (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Indigo ointment may benefit patients with plaque-type psoriasis, Taiwanese researchers say.

Non-AIDS Cancer Risk Higher for Those With HIV (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- People with HIV have about twice the risk of developing a non-AIDS cancer as members of the general population, a new report says.

Health Highlights: Nov. 18, 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

2nd Generation Antidepressants Prove Effective (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Second generation antidepressants are all equally effective, according to a new clinical practice guideline released by the American College of Physicians.

Health Tip: Conditions That May Affect a Newborn's Skin (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A newborn may have noticeable skin conditions that shouldn't affect them much later in life.

Health Tip: Maintain a Healthy Weight (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Maintaining the pounds you've lost through diet and exercise involves watching what you eat, and how much.

Robots May Come to Aging Boomers' Rescue (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- In the not-so-distant future, American seniors may turn to helpful, uncomplaining robots to fill the worrisome "care gap" that many face today.

Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells (AP)
AP - Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. "This technique has great promise," said Dr. Eric Genden, who did a similar transplant in 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. That operation used both donor and recipient tissue. Only a handful of windpipe, or trachea, transplants have ever been done.

World Toilet Day no laughing matter, group says (AFP)
AFP - A Singapore-based non-profit organisation proclaimed World Toilet Day on Wednesday, but said it was no laughing matter.

Vitamin C, E Supplements Won't Help Prevent Cancer (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Coming on the heels of two studies discounting the usefulness of vitamin B, folic acid, vitamin D and calcium supplements for cancer prevention, U.S. researchers report that vitamins C and E supplements won't help prevent cancer, either.